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• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  *puts on tinfoil hat*
  Clearly, the dotty letters were written by a particularly sneaky misogynist-for-jesus. You see, by making himself look like someone who would be seen as an idiot, and making himself be seen as a girl, he knew he could get the clever self-respecting cynical feminists atheists in the group to leave due to all the obnoxious gender-hate. Then the boy atheists will be left only with dumb self-loathing anti-feminist girl atheists to attempt to reproduce with, leading to misplaced organs, frustration, and eventually giving up in defeat to fornicate with the squid.
  This will produce a master squid race, but they will not have thumbs and will only rule the sea and not the land.

  Cthulu ♥s me!

  Posted by: sciencelizard »

• comment on: Library people at Science Online 2010 »

  John, I'm looking forward to the conference. I went to the inaugural conference in 2007 (when it was just the NC Science Blogging Conference) but haven't been back since, even though it's in my neighborhood. Hopefully I'll get a chance to meet you and some of the other librarians that I don't know from your list.

  Posted by: Josh Wilson »

• comment on: William Wimsatt—Why Development is Crucial to Cultural Evolution »

  David Marjanović, OM

  Why should I care?

  Because your original claim is false, and indeed absurd.

  So you equate discovery of a fact and proof of an idea.

  No I don't. You said facts could not be proved. They can, as I showed. You were just wrong.

  Someone who just collects facts isn't thereby a scientist. Observation alone isn't science.

  I never said or implied otherwise. They are, nonetheless, important, and proving them is an important part of science.

  Posted by: Knockgoats »

• comment on: Lumpers! »

  It's only sensible to suggest here that we merge with the Popular People's Front of Judea.

  Posted by: Bob O'H »

• comment on: You can too comment! »

  It's alive! It's alive! I commented! I commented!

  Posted by: Stephanurus »

• comment on: Blogroll A »

  I see a random? selection in the sidebar, but where can I see the whole list? (and I have a terrible feeling the answer is going to make me feel stupid)

  Posted by: Tomato Addict »

• comment on: Steve Fuller desecrates Norman Levitt's memory »

  Fuller's now closed off further comments on his blogpost. Couldn't stand the criticism. Who's the fascist again?

  Posted by: Alex »

• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  I'm damned to hell for screwing up my blockquotes again; anyone want to join me?

  Posted by: Dr. P »

• comment on: Douglas Schemske—Ecological Factors in the Origin of Species  »

  I enjoyed this talk. I'm not a biologist by training, so it was interesting to have all the factors that can contribute to speciation laid out and analyzed. I hadn't before thought of it as a sequential process. It was also fun to hear Schemske poke fun at Coyne.

  Posted by: Luke »

• comment on: Schisms, rifts, and apologia for insanity »

  I beg your forgiveness for my ignorance but, wtf does
  

  I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ

  even mean?

  Lol Mel Gibson, totally fuckin` insane ,I saw one interview where here claimed everyone will be going to heaven ,eventually, just that he will get there quicker cos` he follows the true interpretation of his holey babble.

  Posted by: Crewvy »

• comment on: CBS News on swine flu testing: Fail! »

  revere -

  Thank you for posting something that contains facts and reasoned explanation in your rebuttal, instead of the typical 'these people are idiots' type of arrogance I've been seeing while looking into this (including other authors on scienceblogs). It's truly refreshing.
  

  Posted by: FarSide »

• comment on: Dystonia from a flu vaccine? Almost certainly not. »

  @ Mr. C

  Wow. I wonder of Bank of America is still taking donations for the Desiree Jennings Recovery Fund described in the cached version of the Generation Rescue page.

  Thanks, BTW. I saved a web archive of the cached version.

  Posted by: Orac »

• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  sasqwatch for Molly. My cheeks hurt.

  Posted by: David Marjanović, OM »

• comment on: White House Releases Some Visitor Logs »

  And I certainly can’t wait until we elect people who have demonstrated a marginal degree of competency regardless of ethnicity.

  Well, from my perspective, it's clear that Obama does have a minimal degree of competency. Which puts him incommensurably above his predecessor.

  Posted by: James Hanley »

• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  @73

  You know as well as I that it's as useless as papsmears in twenty-year-olds.

  Offtopic as to what you were really talking about, and maybe this was a little tongue-in-cheek, but why would a papsmear be useless in a twenty-year-old?

  Posted by: KemaTheAtheist »

• comment on: Hello, University of Northern Iowa! »

  "Are beards a cultural requirement for Midwestern Atheists?"

  Only for the men

  Posted by: Joel Jacobson »

• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  @ 71,

  If I write "GAY JESUS!" will I go to hell, or remedial classes?

  To a fabulous dinner party where twelve dudes will eat you.

  NTTAWWT

  Posted by: Dr. P »

• comment on: Lumpers! »

  LiveScience is hosting a poll... Your View on Human Evolution. It's a pop-science site, so reality is winning, but the numbers are far too low for it to stay safe.

  http://www.livescience.com/history/091102-poll-human-evolution.html

  Posted by: KyBoiler »

• comment on: Lumpers! »

  A younger and smaller animal would be more prone to predation. The horns on the back of the head would provide some defense. As the animal grew, it wouldn't need the same protection. Makes complete sense to me.
  Now, for our new puppy to lose her razor sharp teeth. My hands look like they've been flailed. Say hi to Lucy Fur(p).

  Posted by: Newfie »

• comment on: Dystonia from a flu vaccine? Almost certainly not. »

  True that, in light of my posts about J.B. Handley...

  Posted by: Orac »

• comment on: Michigan School Sued Over Religious Flier Distribution »

  Bob April:

  I was being a bit snarky, but most teachers that I've known over the years do not grade their administrators very highly, as teachers.

  Posted by: democommie »

• comment on: Scott vs. Comfort »

  I wasn't arguing for argument sake, but perhaps that wasn't clear. Did I get the answers? Have I claimed to hear the Voice of God?

  Posted by: Steve »

• comment on: How About Another Post on Accommodationism? »

  At the level of claims, science's atheists and theists are unified.

  I strongly doubt that. Does Francis Collins deny the virgin birth?

  Posted by: Tulse »

• comment on: Oh, no! I was graded! »

  But, I don't think anyone could seriously think that people like Octo-mom and the Dugger family are truly fit to have kids when they survive only on welfare and donations.

  Then let them have welfare and donations. :-| I'm more concerned about those who simply can't seem to figure out what to do when a child cries (and believe it's a personal insult to them or something).

  Posted by: David Marjanović, OM »

• comment on: The Boys Call Out Misogyny Among the Anti-Vaxxers »

  Oh my gosh!! I was laughing so hard my kids came to see what was so great, and I had to minimize quickly. I will use that image whenever I need a good laugh. thanks! I will google that a few times just for good measure.

  Posted by: Lisa »